Browns Bar & Brasserie Leeds, The Light, The Headrow, LS1 8EQ

After a spate of so-so venues I was feeling pretty so-so myself...until Browns.

Good food, good choices, good service..well actually, the choice was average but the food was tasty for Meaties and Veggies alike.

Fatty Meaties ordered an array of interesting dishes which bored me, but pleased them no end. Father had flat bread with roasted peppers, aubergines, courgettes and mozzarella - simple and delicious.

Snooty (whose name I am considering changing to Stubborny) and I had a filo pastry parcel filled with minted peas (GOLD minted...not really), courgettes and ricotta. I think there may have been something else in there too, but I forget what it was...either way it was yummy. So yummy, that I wanted to stay for dessert, at the risk or missing the show we had waited months to see...Carousel.

After putting it to the vote, Carousel won out, because apparently my family are staunch believers in democracy - the cheek of it!

Price: £100.71 for 5 x soft drinks, 1 x starter, 7 x mains and service charge.

Veggie Friendly: 2.5/5

Food: 3.5/5

Service: 4/5

Atmosphere: 3/5

Monkey & Me, 114 - 115 Crawford Street, London, W1H 2JQ

Imagine someone shrugging their shoulders, bending their arms at the elbows and turning their palms face up and saying 'eh'...that was my reaction to the vegetarian dishes here. 

There were only two items on the menu with a 'v' next to them, both in the starters section. Everything else is at risk of fish sauce, oyster sauce and 'begone veggie you can't eat this' sauce. 

Fatty meaties seemed to enjoy their pork ribs and pig backsides while veggies have to pick through the menu constantly asking the question 'does this have fish sauce or anything like it'? 

The curries are an absolute no no as apparently it is not possible to make these veggie friendly, so your best bet is to stick to stir fries and accompaniments...and ask for them to be made without the aforementioned sauces. 

By the end of this exhausting ritual you'll probably be as disheartened as I was...and that's also when you're most likely to notice that the red plastic seats at Monkey and Me hurt your bum something special. 

Luckily for me the night ended on a high as we went to see The Avengers which was nothing short of hilarious...though it did leave me with a hankering for a vegetarian sharwarma and a realisation that I miss The Hulk as a TV show....and the A Team...especially that drunk episode with Boy George...

Price: £65.00 for 1 x beer, 4 x soft drinks, 2 x starters, 1 x noodles, 4 x curries/stir fries, 3 x rice and service charge

Veggie Friendly: 1/5

Food: 2.5/5

Service: 4/5

Atmosphere: 2.5/5